Srinagar, October 12: The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah has hit back at cricketer Gautam Gambhir for his tweet over the slain terrorist Mannan Wani. Abdullah replying to Gambhir’s tweet said, “This man wouldn’t be able to find Manan’s home district on a map much less his village & yet he presumes to know what drives young men in Kashmir to pick up the gun. Mr Gambhir clearly knows less about Kashmir than I do about cricket & I know almost nothing.”

This man wouldn’t be able to find Manan’s home district on a map much less his village & yet he presumes to know what drives young men in Kashmir to pick up the gun. Mr Gambhir clearly knows less about Kashmir than I do about cricket & I know almost nothing. https://t.co/oZ8hc5VcgH

Wani quit PhD studies in Allied Geology and joined the terror group in January this year. He was a brilliant student and received several awards during his academic years. His father, Bashir Ahmed Wani, was a lecturer in a college. The other terrorist was who killed in the encounter was identified as Ashiq Hussain Zargar. The encounter was carried by a joint team of State Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) and Indian Army’s 30 Rashtriya Rifles.